Originally Posted by
mike734
I'm a 20+ Alaska pilot and I expect to lose a few numbers but I also expect some sort of fence to prevent those few guys from bidding in to my base. I also expect I won't be able to bid the Bus in SFO for a few years. Maybe 5 years and by then I expect those few senior VX pilots will be retired. Of course if the Buses go away quickly, that changes everything.
There wasn't even a wide body fence with AA/US Airways, almost guarantee there won't be a narrow body one with Alaska/Virgin. I hope I'm wrong, but I don't think this will go well for the legacy Alaska guys and gals.